# Col de Prato

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Mountain pass in Corsica, France

Col de Prato Bocca di u Pratu (Corsican) The hamlets of Terchini and Colle on the climb to the Prato pass Col de Prato Location within Corsica Show map of Corsica Col de Prato Location within France Show map of France Elevation 985 metres (3,232 ft)[1] Third Approach Range Monte San Petrone Coordinates 42°25′39″N 9°19′53″E / 42.42750°N 9.33139°E / 42.42750; 9.33139[1]

The **Col de Prato** ([Corsican](/source/Corsican_language): ***Bocca di u Pratu***) is a mountain pass in the [Haute-Corse](/source/Haute-Corse) department of Corsica, France.

## Location

The pass is at an elevation of 985 metres (3,232 ft).[1] It is in the [Monte San Petrone Massif](/source/Monte_San_Petrone_Massif), to the north of the 1,767 metres (5,797 ft) [Monte San Petrone](/source/Monte_San_Petrone). The D71 road from [Morosaglia](/source/Morosaglia) to the northwest runs through the pass and continues south and then east to the coast near [Valle-di-Campoloro](/source/Valle-di-Campoloro).[2]

It crosses between the valley of the [Casaluna](/source/Casaluna), a tributary of the [Golo](/source/Golo_(river)), and the valley of the [Fium'Alto](/source/Fium'Alto). The Ruisseau de Campo di Melo rises on its western side.[3] This flows into the Ruisseau de Conca (called the Prunitaccio downstream), a tributary of the Casaluna.[4] The Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta rises on the eastern side of the pass, which successively joins with other streams before ending up in the Fium’Alto.[5]

## Geology

The Prato Pass is located in the "Alpine Corsica" composed of glazed shales and green rocks (ophiolites), on the ridge of the Monte San Petrone Massif. "South of Quercitello is the Prato Pass (altitude 974 m.); there is a quarry there in a gray, phyllite limestone, giving a good stone for paving roads. This limestone is in the lens state at the top of the white mica shales; the benches slope to the west. These shale sediments with limestone banks exist between the Prato Pass and Morosaglia where they are sometimes cut by gabbro-serpentine veins."[6]

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECol_de_Prato,_Géoportail_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECol_de_Prato,_Géoportail_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECol_de_Prato,_Géoportail_1-2) [Col de Prato, Géoportail](#CITEREFCol_de_Prato,_Géoportail).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENode:_Col_de_Prato_(2825400235)_2-0)** [Node: Col de Prato (2825400235)](#CITEREFNode:_Col_de_Prato_(2825400235)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERuisseau_de_Campo_di_Melo,_Sandre_3-0)** [Ruisseau de Campo di Melo, Sandre](#CITEREFRuisseau_de_Campo_di_Melo,_Sandre).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERuisseau_de_Prunitaccio,_Sandre_4-0)** [Ruisseau de Prunitaccio, Sandre](#CITEREFRuisseau_de_Prunitaccio,_Sandre).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERuisseau_de_Lavatoio_et_de_Noceta,_Sandre_5-0)** [Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta, Sandre](#CITEREFRuisseau_de_Lavatoio_et_de_Noceta,_Sandre).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollande1917103_6-0)** [Hollande 1917](#CITEREFHollande1917), p. 103.

## Sources

- ["Col de Prato"](https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=9.33139,42.4275&z=5.0E-5&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes), *Géoportail* (in French), retrieved 2022-01-20

- Hollande, D. (January 1917), ["Géologie de la Corse"](https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57250157/f109.item), *Bulletin de la Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de la Corse*, Veuve Ollagnier Bastia

- ["Node: Col de Prato (2825400235)"](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2825400235), *OpenStreetMap*, retrieved 2022-01-20

- ["Ruisseau de Campo di Melo"](https://www.sandre.eaufrance.fr/geo/CoursEau_Carthage2017/Y7021920), *[Sandre](/source/Sandre)* (in French), retrieved 2022-01-20

- ["Ruisseau de Lavatoio et de Noceta"](https://www.sandre.eaufrance.fr/geo/CoursEau_Carthage2017/Y9311600), *[Sandre](/source/Sandre)* (in French), retrieved 2022-01-20

- ["Ruisseau de Prunitaccio"](http://id.eaufrance.fr/CoursEau/Y7020580), *[Sandre](/source/Sandre)* (in French), retrieved 2022-01-20

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